BUS560MLasallian Business

Leadership, Ethics and Corporate Social

Responsibility

Session 1Session 1

Opening

Prayer

Leader: Let us be aware that we are in the holy presence of God.

All: In the Name of the Father…

Leader: Dear Lord, we offer this session to You. May all the talents, hard work and

good will that will be poured into it give You glory. Bless this class and send us

Your Spirit that together, our search may always be for knowledge that liberates and builds people and directed toward making

the world a better place to live. Our Father…

Together, let us pray our Lasallian prayer:

(All) I will continue, O my God, to do all my actions for the love of You.

St. John Baptist de La Salle,(All) Pray for us

Live Jesus in our hearts.(All) Forever!

Session 1Session 1

• Course overview and Course overview and expectationsexpectations

• Class organization Class organization

• The Lasallian leader: The Lasallian leader: professional, humanist and professional, humanist and ChristianChristian

The Lasallian Business Leadership Framework

HIGHER PURPOSEThe Life of St. La Salle and the

Lasallian Core Values of Faith, Zeal, & Communion in Mission

Catholic Social Teachings –Vocation of the Business Leader

DEMANDS OF NATIONAL AND GLOBAL IMPERATIVES

Global Business OathPhilippine Constitution

Dialogic Leadership and Crucial Conversations

Family CodeWork and Life Harmony

Personal FinanceFAMILY AND RESOURCE

FOUNDATION

MANAGEMENT DECIONS & ACTION

OutputsIntegration project: service

learning report, leadership mission, self-assessment and leadership

development planEthics and CSR Project :

Organizational assessment and change leadership plan

Family Plan: Income and Expense Budget & Work-Family Schedule Analysis and Group Discussion

of Ethics Cases

Higher Purpose

The Life of St. La Salle and the Lasallian Core Values of Faith, Zeal, & Communion in

MissionWhat does it mean to be Lasallian

Catholic Social Teachings –Vocation of the Business Leader

What does it mean to be Lasallian?

The Spirit of Faith

• The spirit of faith flows from a relationship of communion with the Triune God who wills to save all people by drawing them into a life giving communion with him and with one another

• In the Lasallian tradition, the spirit of faith is a spirit that allows one to:– discover God’s active presence in his Word, in men and

women,– in the poor, in nature,– in history, and in ourselves;– judge and evaluate things in the light of the gospel,– search for God’s will in order to carry out his saving plan,– unite one’s actions to the ongoing saving action of God in the

world and– trust in God’s loving presence and providence when acting or

discerning God’s will.

Zeal for the Integral Salvation of All

• Zeal is the active expression of faith in gospel witness and service. It is oriented towards the integral salvation of persons, particularly the poor and the excluded. Zeal is the enthusiastic and total gift of self for the sake of the mission expressed in such qualities as gratuity and generosity, creativity and fortitude, compassion and commitment. It involves a preferential concern for the poor and the vulnerable.

• The desire to be of greater service to others conditions the quest for excellence and continuous self-improvement.

Communion in Mission Mission as Communion

• Communion recalls the dynamic of association by which the first Brothers bonded together for the sake of the particular mission entrusted to them by God. Communion has four dimensions: – as a relationship with God, it is the source of all

mission and ministry; – as a way of accomplishing mission, it suggests the

solidarity and collaboration that comes from sharing in one vision, one spirit, and one mission;

– as a way of relating to others, it suggests openness to all persons and the desire to be brother or sister to all especially those in need;

– as a goal of mission, it suggests the unity that comes through reconciliation between God, human beings and creation.

Ramon V. del Rosario Ramon V. del Rosario College of BusinessCollege of Business

VisionVision

• The vision is for The vision is for the De La Salle the De La Salle University to be University to be the premiere the premiere business school business school of the country.of the country.

Attributes of the premiere business Attributes of the premiere business schoolschool

• GRADUATES of the school will be GRADUATES of the school will be Lasallian professionals who are Lasallian professionals who are technically competent, humanistic, technically competent, humanistic, socially responsible and sustainability- socially responsible and sustainability- oriented business managers, and oriented business managers, and leaders as befits products of a leaders as befits products of a

Lasallian and Catholic institutionLasallian and Catholic institution

Attributes of the premiere business Attributes of the premiere business schoolschool

• RESEARCH of the school will RESEARCH of the school will positively influence management positively influence management practice and public policy in practice and public policy in business & management. These business & management. These products will contribute to the products will contribute to the development of the country. development of the country.

Management and Organization Department

Bridging faith and management practice

• Our vision• Inspired by the Lasallian Guiding Principles

and Catholic Social Teachings, we seek to be a leading academic department that bridges faith and management practice through values-based management education and research geared towards promoting integral human development and sustainable value-adding organizations.

Management and Organization Department

• Our mission– To develop competent, humanistic,

nationalistic, and socially responsible business leaders, professionals and entrepreneurs that serve as change agents in society.

– To provide formal and continuing education and training to interested professionals, not only in business but also in other fields that require management expertise.

– To advocate responsible management practice through research-based writings, talks, and service engagements.

Management and Organization Department

– To actively engage government and business leaders in the formulation of policies meant to enhance the innovative capacity, competitiveness, and social responsibility of Filipino firms.

– To create an environment that enables students to take responsibility for their learning through innovative, creative, and collaborative educational approaches

– To build a collegial work community that supports each member’s personal and professional growth.

Management and Organization Department

• Our core values– As the “heart and soul” of the College of

Business, we stand by the Lasallian values of Faith, Zeal for Service and Communion in Mission.

De La Salle’s vision of leadership for social transformation and for leadership: The Lasallian Story and Guiding Principles and Catholic Social Teaching

Do you know our Patron?

• What are the three most important things you know about St. John Baptist de La Salle in terms of:

a. His life

b. His accomplishments

c. His values and principles

Reflection Question

2. In what ways do your specific answers relate to your role as a person and as a present or aspiring business leader in terms of:

a. Your motivations and practices as a person

b. Your motivations as a business leader

c. Your practices as a business leader

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Conceptual Map of Lasallian Guiding Principles ver 2.1Group 1: Ben, Dith, Joe, Pica

Church’s mission

Total human formation

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Achieved through

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Lasallian Story and Guiding PrinciplesLasallian Story and Guiding Principles

Catholic Social Teaching• a body of doctrine developed by the

Catholic Church on matters of poverty and wealth, economics, social organization and the role of the state.

• its foundation rests on the threefold cornerstones of human dignity, solidarity and subsidiarity

1891 Rerum Novarum Leo XIII

1931 Quadragesimo Anno Pius XI

1961 Mother and Teacher John XXIII

1963 Peace on Earth John XXIII

1965 Church in the Modern World Vatican II

1967 The Development of Peoples Paul VI

1971 A Call to Action Paul VI

1971 Justice in the World Synod of Bishops

1979 Redeemer of Humanity John Paul II

1981 On Human Work John Paul II

1988 On Social Concern John Paul II

1991 The One Hundredth Year John Paul II

1995 The Gospel of Life John Paul II

Modern Catholic Social Teaching

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Society

Social Distress has been noticed by the Church for a long time

“Hence, by degrees it has come to pass that working men have been surrendered, isolated and helpless, to the hardheartedness of employers and the greed of unchecked competition. The mischief has been increased by rapacious usury, which, although more than once condemned by the Church, is nevertheless, under a different guise, but with like injustice, still practiced by covetous and grasping men. To this must be added that the hiring of labor and the conduct of trade are concentrated in the hands of comparatively few; so that a small number of very rich men have been able to lay upon the teeming masses of the laboring poor a yoke little better than that of slavery itself. “

Rerum NovarumPope Leo XIII, 1891

Pope Leo XIII

Social Distress has been noticed by the Church for a long time

“according to natural reason and Christian philosophy, working for gain is creditable, not shameful, to a man, since it enables him to earn an honorable livelihood; but to misuse men as though they were things in the pursuit of gain, or to value them solely for their physical powers -- that is truly shameful and inhuman. “the employer must never tax his work people beyond their strength, or employ them in work unsuited to their sex and age. ““…the rich must religiously refrain from cutting down the workmen's earnings, whether by force, by fraud, or by usurious dealing; and with all the greater reason because the laboring man is, as a rule, weak and unprotected, and because his slender means should in proportion to their scantiness be accounted sacred. Rerum Novarum, 1891

Pope Leo XIII

The Purpose of a Business Firm in CST

“…human work is the key, probably the essential key, to the whole social question.”

Laborem Exercens, 1981

“…the purpose of a business firm is not simply to make a profit, but is to be found in its very existence as a community of persons who in various ways are endeavoring to satisfy their basic needs, and who form a particular group at the service of the whole of society.”

Centesimus Annus, 1991

Pope John Paul II

Major Themes from Catholic Social Teaching

1. Human dignity2. Community3. Rights and duties4. Option for the poor5. Participation 6. Economic Justice7. Stewardship of Creation8. Solidarity9. Role of Government10. Promotion of Peace

http://www.cyberfaith.com/witnessing/witnessing04.html

1. Human dignity

The person is sacred, made in the image of God.

"The Catholic Church proclaims that human life is sacred and that the dignity of the human person is the foundation of a moral vision for society. Our belief in the sanctity of human life and the inherent dignity of the human person is the foundation of all the principles of our social teaching." (National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Sharing Catholic Social Teaching: Challenges and Directions, Washington, DC: USCC, 1998, p. 5)

2. Community / Common Good The social nature of the human

personThe fact that human beings are social by nature indicates that the betterment of the person and the improvement of society depend on each other.…humanity by its very nature stands completely in need of life in society.

Vatican II, The Church in the Modern World

“Every man for himself,” said the elephant as he danced among the chickens.

Charles Dickens

3. Rights and duties

Civil/political

Economic/social

Every person has a right to the basic material necessities that are required to live a decent life.

4. Option for the Poor

Remember the “widows, orphans, and aliens.”

A necessary element of the common good

5. Participation

All people have a right to a minimum level of participation in the economic, political, and cultural life of society.

6. Economic Justice The economy must serve people, not the other

way around. People are more important than things; labor is more important than capital.

All workers have a right to productive work, to decent wages, to safe working conditions; and they have a right to organize and join unions.

People have a right to economic initiative and private property, but these rights have limits. No one is allowed to amass excessive wealth when others lack the basic necessities of life.

7. Stewardship of Creation

The goods of the earth are gifts. We hold them in trust, as stewards.

“God destined the earth and all it contains for all people and nations so that all created things would be shared fairly by all humankind under the guidance of justice tempered by charity.”

On the Development of Peoples

8. The Virtue of Solidarity

“It is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good; that is to say, to the good of all ...because we are all really responsible for all.”

Pope John Paul II, On Social Concern, 1987

9. Role of Government

The state has a positive moral function.It is an instrument to promote human dignity, protect human rights, and build the common good

SubsidiarityAs small as possibleAs big as necessary

10. Promotion of Peace

• Peace is not just the absence of war

• “If you want peace, work for justice.”

Pope Paul VI, 1972, World Day of Peace Message

SERVICE LEARNING

* experiential or action-learning

* a method by which people learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully-organized service experiences that...

* meets actual community needs.

* in collaboration with the school and community.

* provides structured time for a person to think, talk, and write about what he/she did and saw during the actual service activity (Sawyer, 1991).

* provides people the opportunities to use newly acquired academic skills and knowledge in real life situations in their own communities.

* enhances what is taught in school by extending student learning beyond the classroom.

* Learning by doing must be performed in combination with critical reflection on experience.

* helps to foster the development of a sense of caring for others.

Service Learning Components

personal insight

understanding social issues

application of skills

1. Students should have a voice in the nature of their involvement.

2. Service projects should address real community need in a manner agreed upon by stakeholders

3. SL project should include scheduled time for group planning and reflection before, during and after.

Guiding Principles

4) Service should be integrated into the curriculum.

5) Service projects should both affirm and expand a sense of the community and the cultural ideas of the server and the recipient of the service.

6) Specific student and community goals should be developed to guide implementation and to enable assessment to be an integral part of the program.

Brainstorm

Focus

Implement

Evaluate

Reflect

STEPS

1. Careful planning

2. Placements should be reviewed.

3. Need for an involved volunteer coordinator in ensuring that placements are good for both students and the agency.

Factors for a Successful SL

4. Providing time for and encouragement of reflection is critical.

5. Perhaps most important is providing opportunities for students to discuss challenges and rewards of their service experience and to get and give advice and encouragement.

• Service learning activities are extremely diverse:– homeless shelters / day-care centers– promote recycling efforts– tutorial services– music and arts classes / sports & recreation – entrepreneurial training– capability building for NGOs– rummage sale, etc.

Examples of Service Learning Projects Related to Business Course Content 

·  Entrepreneurship/strategy - students develop business plans for projects to benefit low-income communities.

·  Management - students assist in the start-up of a new business.

·  Economics - students develop and teach an economics seminar for middle/high school students.

· Management information systems - students create a web site for a small business; track clients for an area agency.

·  Accounting - students document and analyze operational procedures (purchasing, accounts payable, payroll, etc.) for participating organizations.

·  Computer applications - students design web pages for NGOs

Reflection - a process by which service-learners think critically about their experiences.

Getting Learning Out of Serving

"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happened to him."

- Aldous Huxley

The Reflection Process

• What? – Report the facts and events of an experience,

objectively.

• So What? – Analyze the experience.

• Now What? – Consider the future impact of the experience

on you and the community.

Journal Writing Process

What is a journal?- a record of meaningful events, thoughts, feelings, interpretations and ideas.

- In this class, your journal will be focused on the following:

• service experiences and the learning you gain from the experience

• Reflections on class discussions/lectures/readings

Journal is not a diary only.

Entries / events you experienced and their effects as springboards

Delving beyond the experiences, events and emotions to discover what more essential teachings life holds for you.

Why must you keep a Service-Learning Journal?

1. To practice the writing process 2. To analyze service situations 3. To articulate your own reactions to

your service experience 4. To record the learning you gain &

document progress toward learning objective

5. To develop recommendations for action or change

What Should I Write in My Journal?

Use the journal as a time to meditate on what you've seen, felt, and experienced, and which aspects of the volunteer experience continues to excite, trouble, impress, or unnerve you.

Honesty as the most important ingredient Not a work log of tasks, events, times and dates.

- Write freely. Grammar/spelling should not be stressed

in your writing until the final draft.

- Write an entry after each visit. (If you can't write a full entry, jot down

random thoughts, images ,etc. which you can come back to a day or two later and expand on.)

Structuring Your Journal Entries

1. FACTS What happened? What did you see? What did you do?

2. INTERPRETATION What stood out this week? Comments & reactions? Where could this be coming from? What assumptions on your part affected your observations?

3. CONNECTION TO CLASS How can you apply what you are learning in class to better understand your experience? Identify 2 or 3 links bet. Class material & service experience

The Three Levels of Reflection

1. Journal Writing as a Mirror (Reflection of the Self)

- Who am I? What are my values? - What have I learned about myself

through this experience? - Do I have more/less understanding or

empathy than I did before volunteering?

• In what ways, if any, has your sense of self, your values, your sense of "community," your willingness to serve others, and your self-confidence/self-esteem been impacted or altered through this experience?

• Have your motivations for volunteering changed?

• In what ways? How has this experience challenged stereotypes or prejudices you have/had?

- Any realizations, insights, or especially strong lessons learned or half-glimpsed?

- Will these experiences change the way you act or think in the future?

- Have you given enough, opened up enough, cared enough? How have you challenged yourself, your ideals, your philosophies, your concept of life or of the way you live?

2. The Microscope (Making small experience large)- What happened? Describe your experience.

-What would you change about this situation if you were in charge?

-What have you learned about this agency, these people, or the community?

- Was there a moment of failure, success, indecision, doubt, humor, frustration, happiness, sadness?

- Do you feel your actions had any impact?

- What more needs to be done?

• Does this experience compliment or contrast with what you're learning in class? How?

• Has learning through experience taught you more, less, or the same as the class? In what ways?

3. The Binoculars (Makes what appears distant, appear closer)

- From your service experience, are you able to identify any underlying or overarching issues which influence the problem?

- What could be done to change the situation? How will this alter your future behaviors/attitudes/and career?

- How is the issue/agency you're serving impacted by what is going on in the larger political/social sphere?

- What does the future hold? What can be done?

“The project’s biggest success was in moving the hearts of students. Sometimes, minds were changed as well, not by promoting a particular set of beliefs, but by a broadened exposure to the world in which we live.”

Sample Journal Prompts

• Organizational Entries– How did you go about looking for a SL

project?– What were some of the options you

considered?– What was the basis for selecting or rejecting

the options?– How do you feel about been asked to do SL?

Sample Journal Prompts

• Reflective Questions– What do you think and feel while you work

there? – What are you learning about yourself? – Does this experience confirm or challenge

your personal values? – What about your sense of community and

sense of service?

Sample Journal Prompts

• Reflective Questions– Do you think your actions had any impact? – What more needs to be done? – What would you change in this situation? – How have you changed?

Sample Journal Prompts

• Integrative Questions– Think about SL experience in relation to some

of the themes addressed in class. Make specific references in these entries to ideas presented in your readings.

– What was the one “ah-ha” moment in class when it all made sense?

– What further research, reading, and exploration do I want to do with the issues presented?

For next class

• Read– A Leader’s Values– Vocation of a Business Leader

• http://tinyurl.com/bus560m

• Reflection/Discussion/Sharing– Life of St. John Baptist de La Salle

Question for Reflection

• St. John Baptist de La Salle was characterized by the following traits:– Risk-Taker– Innovator – Servant-Leader – Mentor

Cite examples in his life where he exhibited these traits. As a Lasallian Business Leader, how can you model your life based on St. La Salle’s examples?